10 Questions about Birds of A Feather | Animals

Answer: Black-throated magpie-jay

Some people call this a blue jay but it is actually a Calocitta colliei or a black-throated magpie-jay. It has an extremely long tail and a parrot-like call. Its home is northwest Mexico.

Answer: Bee hummingbird

The bee hummingbird is slightly larger than a honey bee, with its weight being less than a US penny. Its eggs are about the size of a pea. This threatened bird species is found on the island nation of Cuba.

Answer: Scarlet Tanager

The scarlet tanager is omnivorous and sexually dimorphic. The male has black wings and a red body while the female is a dull green and yellow. Females lay their eggs in forested regions in cup-shaped nests.

Answer: Kakapo

The kakapo is one of the world's rarest birds as there are fewer then 300 or so of this New Zealand bird in the early twenty-first century. It has been affected by the rats and cats brought by Europeans. It is the heaviest flightless parrot in the world.

Answer: Quail

Coturnism is gotten by eating a quail that has eaten poisonous plants, with hemlock and hellebore among the possibilities. The birds are believed to eat these plants during migration, without being poisoned. Consuming the birds can then induce acute renal failure in people.

Answer: Hawaiian Crow

The alala was a crow that occurs only in Hawaii where its name was Hawaiian for 'to caw'. It was also known as the Hawaiian crow and became extinct in the wild by 2018. Efforts are being made to reintroduce the species. They were omnivorous and have been observed using tools.

Answer: Insects

The weebill is Australia's smallest bird species. It travels in small flocks and lives in wooded areas around the country. It is a carnivorous bird that feeds on insects and their larvae.

Answer: False

This is a European bee-eater. It lives in Africa in the winter and in Europe and Western Asia in the summer. Its diet consists of bees and wasps. The birds feed, roost and live communally. They are, understandably, not the most popular bird species with bee keepers.

Answer: Its really bad smell

The hoatzin is known for the fact that it stinks. It has an unusual digestive system where it ferments the plants it feeds on. This causes a foul odor that is detectable from quite a distance.

Answer: In a cave

The oilbird, is a curious nocturnal cave-dwelling frugivore. In the past, it was used by people for its oil, hence its name. It is a large fruit eating bird that make its home in the caves of South America.